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He said: “With the right engine and
some development work it could be a success. It’s easy to dismiss people who try
to change so much about traditional motorcycle design but it might be the next
step everyone is looking for.”
commented: “It’s good to see technology moving forward and it’s very eye-catching, too.”
Le Fleming said: “A working prototype could be made for a lot less that £1milion
and we could probably build it in around a year.”
said: “The ES1
project didn’t fail. It was shelved due to time constraints of one of the key
contributors.”
She said: “The ES1 project was started by Dick Glover in 2005 when he worked for
McLaren Racing. He had a special arrangement with McLaren for a couple of years
that created time to pursue the ES1 project as a personal dream to create a
ground-breaking motorcycle design, which he worked on with Andy le Fleming, now
at Mercedes GP. A relationship was then formed with Ecosse.
Glover said: “My passion for motorcycles is as strong as ever and there is
nothing I would like more than to get back to the ES1 project with Ecosse when
the opportunity arises.”
Atchison added: “Patents for ES1 technology have been granted in a number of
territories and will form the basis for commercial re-launch of the project when
the time is right.”
